Well I've done it now. Knee surgery (neighbor kid mowed the lawn...too short), a busted well pump (so couldn't use sprinklers) and general neglect...now I have some dead spots throughout my lawn, and the slope in the back, which gets full sun most of the day, is dead and dry. My grass is mostly KBG and fescues (except portions of the backyard where crabgrass dominates). I'm trying to think of my next steps for the fall.

1. Add some topsoil? Anything else?

2. Re-seed, but with what? I have some Midnight II and Bedazzled, but I'm wondering if I need TTTF on the slope. Crabgrass seems to survive there, when KBG doesn't. Should I waste that nice KBG? Will that TTTF spread and dominate my other grass? Which TTTF is decent?

For sure next year the backyard gets the same double shot of Lesco Crabgraass preventer in the spring that I used in front. My front lawn is almost crabgrass free. I had been using all organics in back...and CGM didn't work for me.

I'm open to suggestions. Two years ago I was making progress. I've all but eliminated dandilions, and know how to takle the crabgrass now, but this sun drenched slope area needs help.